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PRONUNCIATION OF MELTWATER

meltwater  [ˈmɛltˌwɔːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELTWATER

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determiner
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Meltwater is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MELTWATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

meltwater

Meltwater

Meltwater is the water released by the melting of snow or ice, including glacial ice, tabular icebergs and ice shelves over oceans. Meltwater is often found in the ablation zone of glaciers, where the rate of snow cover is reducing. Meltwater can be produced during volcanic eruptions, in a similar way in which the more dangerous lahars form. When meltwater pools on the surface rather than flowing, it forms melt ponds. As the weather gets colder meltwater will often re-freeze. Meltwater can collect or melt under the ice's surface. These pools of water, known as subglacial lakes can form due to geothermal heat and friction.

Definition of meltwater in the English dictionary

The definition of meltwater in the dictionary is melted snow or ice.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELTWATER


backwater
ˈbækˌwɔːtə
blackwater
ˈblækˌwɔːtə
breakwater
ˈbreɪkˌwɔːtə
Bridgwater
ˈbrɪdʒˌwɔːtə
cutwater
ˈkʌtˌwɔːtə
Derwentwater
ˈdɜːwəntˌwɔːtə
dishwater
ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtə
Drinkwater
ˈdrɪŋkˌwɔːtə
feedwater
ˈfiːdˌwɔːtə
firewater
ˈfaɪəˌwɔːtə
floodwater
ˈflʌdˌwɔːtə
freshwater
ˈfrɛʃˌwɔːtə
pump-water
ˈpʌmpˌwɔːtə
rainwater
ˈreɪnˌwɔːtə
saltwater
ˈsɔːltˌwɔːtə
shearwater
ˈʃɪəˌwɔːtə
sweetwater
ˈswiːtˌwɔːtə
tidewater
ˈtaɪdˌwɔːtə
Ullswater
ˈʌlzˌwɔːtə
wastewater
ˈweɪstˌwɔːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MELTWATER

melt
meltability
meltable
meltage
meltdown
meltemi
melter
melting
melting point
melting pot
meltingly
meltingness
meltith
melton
melton cloth
Melton Mowbray
melty
melungeon

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELTWATER

above the water
bath water
blood is thicker than water
bottled water
distilled water
drinking water
fresh water
Greater
head of water
holy water
in deep water
in hot water
like a fish out of water
mineral water
salt water
surface water
tap water
test the water
underwater
waste water
water

Synonyms and antonyms of meltwater in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «meltwater» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MELTWATER

Find out the translation of meltwater to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of meltwater from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meltwater» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

融水
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agua de deshielo
570 millions of speakers

English

meltwater
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

meltwater
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المياه الذائبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

талая вода
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

degelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

meltwater
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´eau de fonte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meltwater
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schmelzwasser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雪解け水
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해빙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meltwater
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước tan ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உருகு நீர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिण्याचे पाणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

erime suyundan oluşan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

meltwater
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wody roztopowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тала вода
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

meltwater
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

meltwater
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meltwater
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smältvatten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smeltevann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meltwater

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELTWATER»

The term «meltwater» is regularly used and occupies the 62.050 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MELTWATER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «meltwater» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «meltwater» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meltwater

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELTWATER»

Discover the use of meltwater in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meltwater and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Meltwater
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Michael Ridpath, 2012
2
Meltwater Reservoirs of the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska
This study applies recessional analysis to define the number of meltwater reservoirs at the Matanuska Glacier, a large valley glacier (379km2) in south-central Alaska with a relatively long discharge record (1995-2002).
Justin J. Johnson, 2007
3
Laurentide Ice Sheet Meltwater Influences and ...
punctuated by a series of three very rapid, meltwater pulse-derived sea level rises (Alley et al., 2005) and countering cooling events, however there is no evidence for events with measurable sea level falls (Fairbanks, 1989; Bard et al., 1990).
Walter Werley O'Hayer, 2009
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Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
Meltwater can be produced from the melting of snow (nival meltwater) or GLACIERs (glacial melt- water). The nival and glacial meltwater regimes represent two ends of a spectrum, as in many instances there may be contributions of both ...
Andrew Goudie, 2013
5
Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms
4: Glacier. Hydrology. This chapter explains the characteristics and significance ofglacierhydrology and its links to glacier motion. We examine sources of glacier meltwater, how water is stored in and moves through glaciers, the concepts of ...
Matthew M. Bennett, Neil F. Glasser, 2011
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Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments
Density of meltwater plumes controls their position in the water column and iceberg concentrations partially control the nature of ice-distal sediments. Sea-ice cover may affect iceberg drift and primary productivity. The geometry of sedimentary ...
Vivien Gornitz, 2009
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Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers
Temperate glaciers, sometimes called “wet-” or “warm”-based glaciers are those that have ice at melting point throughout and generate large amounts of meltwater. The water can move on the surface (supraglacial), within (englacial), or at the ...
Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, 2011
8
Modern and Past Glacial Environments
It is unlikely that meltwater flow through a porous sediment can ever account exclusively for all meltwater produced at the upper interface. A substantial proportion of the meltwater must flow across the upper interface in channels and/ or as ...
John Menzies, 2002
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Meltwater Transport Through Firn in the Accumulation Zone of ...
Surface meltwater transport on the Greenland Ice Sheet has important implications for mass balance.
Ursula Kay Rick, 2008
10
Meltwater Storage and Its Effect on Ice-surface Velocity, ...
A surface-energy balance model was constructed for the Matanuska Glacier, south central Alaska, for the 1996 and 1997 ablation seasons.
Michiel Arij Kramer, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELTWATER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meltwater is used in the context of the following news items.
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Climate researcher blasts global warming target as 'highly …
For one thing, he says, it contains a scenario in which the fresh meltwater from ice sheets increases exponentially over time, “which may not be ... «Science /AAAS, Jul 15»
2
Just about every big measure of climate change was bad last year …
“Part of the increase is due to more water being added to ocean basins — meltwater from glaciers and ice sheets — and part of the increase is ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Attenborough's The Hunt is most dramatic series of his 60-year …
... we watch rarely seen animal behaviour such as Arctic foxes leaping to catch auks in flight and polar bears using meltwater pools in the ice to ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Why Climate Change Is Worse Than We Thought - Esquire
If the process continues at this rate, the study argues, meltwater will fully shut down the transport of warmer water to higher latitudes, which ... «Esquire.com, Jul 15»
5
Your Oil & Gas News | Otto acquires onshore Alaskan interest
The Brookian turbidite fans are productive at offset Tarn, Meltwater and Tabasco Fields (field sizes of around 100mmbo to 300mmbo in place). «Your Oil and Gas News, Jul 15»
6
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Tourists watch a meltwater waterfall dropping from a Norwegian icecap. Photograph: Ralph Lee Hopkins/Ralph Lee Hopkins/National ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
The Wellness Almanac: Which way to the beach, you lucky bastards?
They were contemplating the opaque meltwater churning down Pemberton Creek, desperate for a swim, but (intelligently) second-guessed ... «Whistler Question, Jul 15»
8
Needs more drilling
It will be possible to improve oil production rates from the Meltwater oil field on the North Slope by using coiled tubing drilling to sidetrack some ... «Petroleum News, Jul 15»
9
Global warming is causing rain to melt the Greenland ice sheet …
Dirty ice surrounds a meltwater stream near the margin of the Greenland ice sheet. Photograph: Henrik Egede Lassen/Alpha Film. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Battle of the Brands: Coles versus Woolworths
In this instalment of our regular 'Battle of the Brands' series from media intelligence provider Meltwater, David Hickey compares the social ... «Marketing magazine Australia, Jul 15»

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